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Consulate Spreads Spirit of
Thanksgiving at Orphanage
Nov. 25, 2009
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To share the spirit of giving
Americans celebrate annually at Thanksgiving, the U.S. Consulate in Ponta
Delgada helped a shelter for at-risk young people of the Mãe
de Deus Orphanage in Ponta Delgada November 25.
With materials
provided by Embassy Lisbon’s Humanitarian Outreach Program, Consulate staff
spent the day cleaning the shelter’s back yard and painting its walls, giving
the children a clean and safe place to play. Inspired by the act, the shelter’s
director wrote an unsolicited article published December 1 by one of the Azores’
major newspapers, commenting “this gesture of solidarity touched us deeply.”
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Consulate staff
spent the day cleaning and
painting the shelter |
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